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IPL 2026 : In the 52nd match of IPL 2026, Rajasthan Royals had to face defeat against Gujarat Titans on their own home ground. Last Saturday, Rajasthan Royals could not chase the target of 230 runs to win over Gujarat at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur and lost the match. After this defeat, Rajasthan Royals captain Yashasvi Jaiswal has given a big statement. Let us tell you that Yashasvi got the opportunity to captain the team in the absence of Riyan Parag. In such a situation, let us know what Jaiswal said on the defeat.

Captain Yashasvi Jaiswal’s statement on defeat from Gujarat

Yashasvi Jaiswal said after the defeat, ‘When Gujarat Titans started so well, it was difficult for us. We were just thinking of bowling in good areas and they were batting very well. So we were just thinking how we can reduce the boundaries or big shots. So I think it was a pretty good game from their side. No, this is cricket. it happens’.

Talking about Archer, Jaiswal said, ‘We all know that there are some days when you are fit, there are some days when you are not able to bowl to your liking, but he is doing very well for us. So I think he will come back very strongly.

Talking about Nandra Burger, Yashasvi Jaivasal said, ‘No, I actually did not think that much. It was a difficult decision to leave the burgers out. I had a simple plan, who is my bowler and who can give me some good overs in the powerplay. So there was no special plan from my side.

The Rajasthan Royals captain said about this defeat, ‘I think we will see what we can do better and just look at the next game, what we can do and what we can learn from this game. Would like to do well in the coming matches.

How was the match?

In this match, Rajasthan Royals captain Yashasvi Jaiswal won the toss and decided to field first. Batting first, Gujarat Titans team scored 229 runs for 4 wickets in 20 overs. Rajasthan Royals got the target of 230 runs to win. While chasing this target, Rajasthan team collapsed for 152 runs in 16.3 overs.

In this match, Sai Sudarshan played an inning of 55 runs for Gujarat Titans, while Shubman Gill scored an inning of 84 runs. Whereas Washington Sundar made an important contribution of 37 runs. For Rajasthan, Brijesh Sharma took 2 wickets and Yash Raj Punja and Ravindra Jadeja got 1 wicket each.

Ravindra Jadeja scored the most runs for Rajasthan Royals in this match. He played an innings of 38 runs in 25 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. Apart from him, Vaibhav Suryavanshi played an inning of 36 runs in 16 balls with 3 fours and 3 sixes. Apart from these two, no other batsman could play a big innings and the team was reduced to 152. For the team, Kagiso Rawada took 2 wickets and Jason Holder took 3 wickets.

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